How To: Convert Your Old Stock Tach/Speedometer Gauges to Digital! /GS850#14/

[@etaunknown4024]

Use 2 magnets. Mount first magnet, mark tire directly under it, mark floor, push bike forward one revolution, mark floor again, measure back exactly halfway between the 2 floor marks, push bike back to the center mark, mount 2nd magnet across from the first one that is now opposite of the center mark. Go to speedometer menu, input the measurement from 1st floor mark to 2nd floor mark, divide that number by the amount of magnets which is 2, and you should have the right mph reading on the gauge without having to do a bunch of math wheel measurements and riding around the neighborhood to dial it in. Ride safe!

[@TheRedstonelabz1]

i have no idea if you still read these comments but thanks for this video. It inspired me 2 years ago to convert a gs500 2004 to digital. sadly someone hit me and wrecked it. weeks ago 1 got a new gs500 1995 which has a physical tacho cable. thanks to revisiting this video i found that i could hook the tacho wire up to the green/white cable and its just perfect now. it might be 3 years later but your video still has an impact.

[@ThatParticularPanda]

I have a 2002 GS500E, would you mind helping me with what you used, tools and all that?

[@Tugoose]

I'm about to try an convert my 06 Gs500. Are there any issues or problems you ran into? My main concerns are proper mount location for the speed sensor as well as the best way to mount the actual unit to the bike.

[@TheRedstonelabz1]

@@Tugoose nope not really mounting it was a mather of making a plate with the correct holes that mounts to the original holes with rubbers. The speed sensor mounted on the end of the mechanical speedo cable with a 3d printed part and it is hidden away behind the headlight.

[@Tugoose]

@@TheRedstonelabz1 as in mounted to the Speedo cable near the wheel or the actual mechanism? I assume the cable would move a bit causing discrepancies at speed no?

[@TheRedstonelabz1]

@@Tugoose the original cable is still in place. I 3d printed a little cover for the open end and added a rotor mounted on a bearing that spins when the cable spins. On that rotor is 2 magnets that get detected by my speed sensor. Then you just have to set the correct value in the display and it is super accurate.

[@OrangeChickenMoto]

Opening that small box with that big ass knife was wild. I flinched when the knife hit the flaps, just millimeters from your fingers.

[@yourejustintim]

"Ill give you my autograph" lol

[@AnonYmous-cf2ci]

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Great job!

[@3BirdzGarage]

Love watching your videos man. You do great work and I think people forget that you just recently graduated high school. You have a bright future!

[@dnlmachine4287]

I got tired of my MPH only speedo on 1976 Honda, with 6V electrical. Got a 12V GPS "needle display" speedo similar round shape and dimensions as old speedo, and mounted a 8x1.5V AA battery pack with power and ground wires near the speedo. Amazon rechargeable batteries with charger for nice and cheap. I'm sure a USB type battery exists, but I can use the AA batteries in anything else that uses them. Stay gold.

[@dpajc056]

And here I am looking for EXACTLY OPPOSITE! 😂I HATE the digital dash on my SV650X, it would look million times better with two analog clusters, especially with the whole cafe racer look it’s trying to achieve.

[@jackdavid5682]

I died when it said "AIDS" 😂😂

[@1000archangels]

i spat out my coffee

[@olliewalker6406]

"Oh shit did he just put AIDS?!"

[@bobby4tw]

+1

[@boknows8376]

Same 😂

[@kolaAlakija]

Yer, AIDS is so retro. There is now Novel-corona virus, COVID-19

[@rc3443]

this is the greatest instruction on these speedometer installation on the tube, gonna do mine too. thanks a lot!

[@Avenged7foldism1]

I got an 81 gs650g that I wanna change out the cluster on and this was the first video I looked at and got lucky that you have a very similar bike to mine! Thank you so much for the video now I can go into my bike with some confidence!

[@benreber2277]

Thanks guys awesome video and comment tips. I am working on a bunch of upgrades for my bike and this is one of them. My cluster is different but will still have to be a whole custom made thing but I’m excited. No more rusty old gauges. Digital will be awesome for 2002 carb bike. I already removed rusty tank and put a drag tank on the back with stainless steel fuel lines and a manifold for the carb and swapped to cv40 carb vs the Vulcan 750 stock carb. Supper easy to tune on the fly with the ez adjust quick screws. I also want to put some saddle bags on for my rigging gear and make it my work bike.

[@jfoz7602]

That Gurkha Kukri knife though👌 great vid new speedometer looks mint

[@franklinarp]

Legend Bro. Thanks a lot! I’m installing one speedometer exactly the same on a Kawasaki versys 650 (due to a accident and front all broken) and I’m struggling to find out about the speed and rpm. It’s been helpful bud, thanks again!

[@fairplayer916]

that looked fairly easy. thanks for the guide. the way you go about it really helps me understand the how and why of alot of the connections. Makes me feel confident if i need to troubleshoot.

[@nealp.2841]

Looks are deceiving.... He got lucky with that one connector that just happened to have wires in the right place. I have the same exact connector on my bike but I had to rearrange the wires to power it on. If I plugged it in without checking it would've fried it before it had a chance to work. The positive and ground were directly swapped..

[@GreyadderLV]

omg you needed to mesure circumference of wheel not magnet position

[@tzy1862]

More footage of riding on the GS850 please! Such a neat bike.🏁

[@Corsair2001]

This was exactly what I needed to work on my 83 honda shadow. Needed the help

[@jaredshadley]

Your Tacho has different modes for different number of fired coils. Will need to tell it your bike is a 4cyl, generally they come setup for single\twin from the factory.

[@cootingram6265]

I have a xs750 triple. How do I program for a 3 cylinder?

[@GoldGuyRides]

oh yeah and I forgot to mention, the fuel indicator doesn't work because when I sealed my gas tank it kinda got stuck in one position, otherwise it would work.

[@amorablacksmith4406]

Goldguy how many magnet did you put on the speedometer sensor

[@sharifaltonbakje4494]

GoldGuy how did turn the gas light off ?

[@yeixonperez7908]

Welcome back bud. I can't wait to see more of your videos

[@nilrides9567]

I just use my phone with the Incitatio app as a digital tachometer. Saves me the work and is quite accurate.

[@jacksonmosh1148]

Glad to see you're evolving

[@thomasenkerud2303]

Thats a hell of a knife you got there son.......... 😎

[@zachvince4834]

Respect for opening the package with a Kukri

[@djmellow5011]

i paused an headed to the comments after he pulled out that "knife"

[@Bombalicki]

It seems more 80's with digital gauges! 🙂

[@186scott]

That was the same thought I had when he pulled out the gauge and if you want to see what an 80s gauge cluster looks like just look at the delorean gauges

[@benhawke7231]

Thnx... I was going to do this to my gs650 and you took all the guess work out for me.

[@nealp.2841]

Bro!! You're awesome for the tach trick!!! I've been trying for the last two days to find a way to get a good signal for my new digital tachometer!! I have a 98 gs550 Streetfighter

[@MR.ROBOT...76]

I know this video old, but as I watch this .. the only thing that I see is scrambler windscreen next.. this pretty cool.😮

[@T.K.9]

Thanks for sharing. My bike just had a broken speedometer/dash lcd from condensation. And its a 2nd one now. And the oem even though easy to install and takes literally 10 minutes, it is hell'a expensive vs the one you are using which is rebranded as Zaddox in the UK. The wiring is the one I am trying to find a guide for as the wires on that speedo is completely different from my Yamaha OEM's.

[@Rick-bi5ko]

Hey GG - Glad to see you back! Looking forward to weekly videos!

[@surfnomad5405]

Your box cutter reminds me of Crocodile Dundee... That's not a box cutter.....THIS is a box cutter!

[@logantenney1983]

I love the box cutter!!!!

[@jimboucher7153]

Instructions from ebay seller A. Short press the left button to switch between total (TOTAL), subtotal (TRIP) and water temperature gauge. B. In the subtotal interface, press and hold the left button for 3 seconds to clear the subtotal. C. In the total interface, press and hold the right button for 3 seconds to enter the clock setting, the hour digit flashes, the second point does not flash, short press the right button to add 1, long press the right button to switch to the minute second flashing, the second point does not flash, then long press Right click to save and exit or 10 seconds of no operation to automatically save and exit or turn off the door to save and exit. When the oil alarm symbol is displayed, switch to the TOTAL interface, press and hold the left and right keys at the same time for 3 seconds, the oil light will be off, and the next round of counting will start. Light blue: turn right, 12V positive control, LCD display Yellow/Black: Speed ​​signal Red: battery (normal, 12V positive) Blue: High beam, 12V positive control, LCD display Green/White: Water temperature signal Green: 12V negative Orange: Turn left, 12V positive control, LCD display blue/white: fuel signal Black: 12V positive Φ4 round head Brown/Red: Engine failure, negative control, LCD display Gray: 6 gears, negative control, LCD display Pink: 1 file, negative control, LCD display Blue/Red: 2 files, negative control, LCD display Green/Black: 3 files, negative control, LCD display Yellow/Red: 4 gears, negative control, LCD display Brown/white: 5 steps, negative control, LCD display Green/Red: Neutral, Negative Control, LCD Display red/white: positive sensor Green: sensor negative black/white: sensor signal 1 Background settings: enter the background with a password. (Major and Imperial backgrounds can be set) Press and hold the left button to power on and enter the background setting interface. P000: Password input 6610 4C1850: 1850 represents the perimeter, long press the left button to flash, short press the left button +1, long press the left button again to switch to the tens (0-9) Tens digit flashes, short press the left button + 1, long press the left button again to switch to the hundreds digit (0-9) Hundreds digit flashes, short press the left button + 1, long press the left button again to switch to thousand digit (0-9) Thousands digit flashes, short press the left button +1 (0-2), long press the left button again to enter the magnet number adjustment interface 4 means the number of magnets, short press the left button + 1, long press the left button to save. After saving, short press the left button to enter the metric and inch interface 1-01: Metric 1-02: Inch system, long press the 1 of 001 to flash, short press the left button to switch to 2, long press the left button to save. After saving, short press the left button to enter the speed interface 2-002: Speed ​​166hz=10*1000 rpm, 2-004: Speed ​​333hz=10*1000 rpm, long press the left button and the number flashes, short press the left button to switch, long press the left button to save and then short press the left button to enter the fuel interface . 3-002: Two-Line Fuel 3-003: 3rd line fuel, long press the left button and the number flashes, short press the left button to switch, long press the left button to save and short press the left button to enter the main interface of the instrument.

[@stumpymoto6165]

Dang your a fart smeller i mean smart feller! Nice to see the process of figuring it out hour to get it just right. Good job!

[@spencerengwall2304]

Nicely done!

[@chrisgreenwood271]

One magnet worked on mine, you need to be accurate with the wheel circumference measurement.

[@slottedpig2253]

Thats a great looking bike dude! Like what youre doing to it alot.

[@rickymullane9973]

looks a lot better than the old one

[@milmex317th]

Fly by wire Gold Guy, Good Video. I'm doing the same to a Honda.

[@classicrepair861]

Awesome video, I think the new gauge cluster looks great on the Kawasaki bike. Goldguy keep up up the awesome content.

[@liamwilliams7782]

Pretty sure it's a Suzuki ?

[@henrykaiser9424]

Cool Video! :) Haha, after those first "Before-After-Shots" I feel proud to be a sax player :D

[@michaelb.42112]

I am so impressed with what you did. It is truly amazing what tech is offered these days that I had no clue existed. It's a thousand times better thsn stock with all those color options and fun things. The only question I have is can you retain original mileage on a bike ?

[@RizwanSaeed]

dear you did a great job I really liked your video and becomes your fan now

[@roybm3124]

Nice video and beautiful bike.

[@Wolfgam]

When you say spark generator, is from the CDI that you get the RPM signal?

[@neilbadass5145]

Very informative viewing man. This will help me out alot when I finally purchase my chineese magic plastic box of lights and gauges.

[@GreyRideMotoVlog]

Wow. Good i watch now

[@mohamedwaellokman]

Hi, thanks for sharing. I have about the same speedometer as yours, but unfortunately my tachometer is not working. Is there any modification to the tachometer wiring, like conversion from analog to digital maybe?

[@tomprudhomme1032]

crikeee! that's a knife!

[@mezediapason354]

Awesome video!! Love the rebranding!!

[@txgamer1347]

Yeah you definitely need to look at adjusting your tachometer. It was reading over 13,000 rpm at 16:10 when you revved it

[@nicholasjheinz7461]

Very nice job!

[@lightspeed4173]

next time modify the aftermarket wires so that you can keep the ome harness as intact as possible for the next guy

[@mbigatti]

I think you need a bigger box cutter, sir. Thanks for sharing the install!

[@jonathanbunnell2325]

Can you share the link again? The original seems to be dead.

[@Mr.Chlorophil]

To get the right RPM idling, you have to build in a resistor.

[@007leonard1]

kindly elaborate

[@spliter541]

allways nice vids! Keep up the good work!

[@daniellevy8485]

Looks wonderful... but I didn't like the exhaust, I would've bought or made a straight and higher one and would change these wheels into a wired one too, it would be awesome if you really wanna a scrambler bike. Sorry if I wrote something wrong, be safe and keep riding!

[@GoldGuyRides]

Daniel Levy You just guessed my next video! I am modifying the exhaust...

[@mackemrestorer8424]

Great vid and very helpful. What make is the screen. I'm just doing a café racer for the same model as yours. Would love to throw away the old screen. Cheers Paul

[@gunfaceUK]

Thanks dude this is just what I've been looking for.

[@kraljrobert]

Nice sound

[@bencrosbie]

what about milage correction to match the actual milage?

[@lukaszM46]

to get right speed you should measure the circumference of the wheel including the tire, not the circumference of the circle the magnet makes when the wheel is spinning

[@bradleysr]

Finally

[@cerannsbaron6363]

Hey how to measure the circumference ? Because my speedometer i buy doesnt work the speedsensor i install the speedsensor and magnet to the engine sprocket of my bike .. Please help ..

[@doctordapp]

@@cerannsbaron6363 Measure the circumference of your rear wheel..... Count the number of teeth of your rear sprocket. These are the numbers you need. If you have 1800 mm and a 36 rear sprocket, each tooth wil give him a 50mm pulse. Every other calculation which give the same value as circumference/tooth gives the same speed on the speedo. The circumference is the distance of one wheel rotation, normaly in millimeters.

[@guyowen1654]

All good mechanics have a bowe knife in their tool set

[@polyblendfamily9126]

17 sounds like a better number 😆

[@seagypsybnb]

I’m going to de 80s my 84 nighthawk! Great video! Did you solder the wires?

[@Blake-id6yd]

"six inches of pure ugly" is going in my tinder bio lmao

[@arkkukakku112]

There is settings for cylinder count and EFI or carburator, thats reason why your tach is showing wrong. Also there is setting for how many pickups you have for speedo..

[@panotak881]

VERY GOOD WORK.BRAVO!

[@AshiqurRahman]

But is it possible to use the bike's original mechanical system that measured speed with digital one( a device that doesn't rely on sensor installed on wheal)?

[@GoldGuyRides]

Not that I am aware of.

[@AshiqurRahman]

@@GoldGuyRides can you kindly look out this matter few more!

[@lsabellezumbariddifordlsab8314]

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[@Mo_G]

it comes beautiful

[@khizarjaved5384]

Hey! I was wondering what wire you got the gear indicator connected to? I mean, did that year of bike not just have neutral indicator? Where is it getting the signal from to tell the tach it's in 4th, 5th, etc.

[@ChadwickRider]

Centrifical force doesn't throw the magnets off the disc brake? Did you epoxy the magnets?

[@SmalltimR]

Awesome!

[@GETUPANDGO]

Definitely looks more sleek

[@Saltymedpac8008]

Your an amazing person.

[@Jonj57]

I REALLY want to do this as I'm trying to make my old 1980 XS1100 a more modern bike with old bike vibes but I keep holding back because the tachometers never seem right. Maybe I'll just shell out the 120 for the vapor tech stuff.

[@smm2k13]

Looks good.

[@RavenTK]

what wire did you connect your fuel gauge to?

[@araxnoyfantos]

Have you adjust the rpm's for right reading? Have you any problems with that gauge?

[@jimboucher7153]

I'm guessing that you can program the tachometer as well?

[@Tugoose]

Did you end up fixing the tacho at all? Shifting the cylinder settings or whatever?

[@Dude13450]

I am all for retrofitting stuff, especially as things like tach and speedo cables are becoming increasingly harder to find GOOD replacements, but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD MAN!!!! You have a SIX wire connector and all the wire you put on it was RED. I understand not having every color of wire under the sun, but there are things you can do to make potential future diagnostic as pain free as possible (like spray painting the insulation).

[@Jshankarpatel532]

👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌nice work meter works well

[@evanharlow6071]

I personally would have left it stock. But nice video👍

[@rubo1964]

agree stock looked cool

[@jacksonchan6822]

I wish you could do my bike man ive been going from one workshop to another and everyone seems pretty lazy to do wiring jobs.. from the first shop, even told me to get a relay.so the new meter wont burn out the battery as fast.. but nothing has been installed

[@karsongibbs9497]

So personally i thing they gave you 2 magnets 1 for an extra. And its picking up the signal 2 times a wheel rotation. Thats why u had to adjust it a few times

[@joshuanickolas4031]

everything works besides high beam and i bought a chinese replica of the koso version 1. I have a gs500 and would like to know which wires are completely correct for wiring up a suzuki year like yours to 01? I am in desperate needon how to illuminate the high beam symbol. Please and thank you so much!

[@MaNNeRz91]

What happens when the battery goes flat? Does it lose all those settings? And did the fuel gauge work?

[@god_mode_on]

That’s not a knife... this is a knife (in Aussie accent)

[@GETUPANDGO]

I hate wiring too, least favorite part by far. But new gauge cluster looks wayyy better, that's for sure!

[@cristinamoisescu2484]

Hello, I purchased recently a similar tachometer but it came without any instructions. Do you still have the diagrams for your one? It would help a lot. Thanks!

[@R6_Yela]

Guess he don't believe in a utility k-nife, he had to pull out half a sword to open the box🤣🤣

[@gabingauthier-loedec4498]

New video every week? If you have the time it'll be really cool.

[@ransavage4194]

I have a 2000 cbr f4 and wanted to update my speedo to a 01-06 600rr

[@mreaw8544]

Another Good one

[@jimsimpson4385]

There should be a pulse selector in the menu for the correct tach calibration to you pulse siginal!

[@millz88fzr]

When you say the spark genenrator. Are you talking about the stator wires or the pickup coil wires?? For the rpm signal wire.

[@GoldGuyRides]

Wise Turtle Gainz not the could wires, the wires that are coming out of your engine from the spark generator. It is a separate component from your stator, check out the wiring diagram for your bike